HOW CAN WE LIBERATE OURSELVES FROM THESE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS?

We need to train the mind so we can go from lower to higher consciousness. These negative feelings do not exist in higher conscious state because it doesn’t judge. Here the mind is completely content. It’s contentment with insight and wisdom. You experience immense happiness beyond description. True happiness is independent and unconditional. When you discover this, you experience your TRUE SELF (NO EGO), and your motivation comes from kindness and compassion.

Lower consciousness or the ego is our FALSE SELF. Its motivation comes from selfishness which is based on fear (survival instinct of fight or flight). It can only experience conditional happiness.

For example: When people are asked the question “Are you happy?” and they answer “yes.” They actually mean conditional happiness. They are happy as long as they have their health, job, money, etc. As long as these conditions are favorable, they’re happy. But as soon as these conditions change in the opposite direction such as losing their health, job, or money; they now feel miserable.

So, the solution to the problem of stress (negative emotions) is to move from lower to higher consciousness.

SINCE WE USE LOWER CONSCIOUSNESS FOR SURVIVAL, WOULDN’T WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE IF WE WERE TO BE IN HIGHER CONSCIOUS STATE ALL THE TIME?

Actually, higher consciousness enhances our survival skills because it relies on insight and wisdom to make its decision, and its motivation comes from kindness and compassion. Higher consciousness is flexible, and it operates on “the ability to let go.”

In contrast, lower consciousness makes its decision based on preferences (likes and dislikes). It seeks pleasures and avoids pain; therefore, it has its own prejudices. The ego is rigid and relies on the ability of “being in control.” However, the more we try to control everything in life, the more egotistic we become. So, the ego is suffering from what is known as being a “control freak.” This creates immense stress in your life until you learn to “let go.”

When we’re in higher conscious state, we’re above lower consciousness, but we can still use the 6 senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling, and thinking. However, we’re not under the influence of the ego; therefore, we don’t experience negative emotions, and it’s not because we’re suppressing our thoughts.

The reason we don’t experience stress in higher conscious state is because the mind is content with itself. This contentment happens because the mind has the ability to let go of stress at all times. So, there isn’t any burden in the mind.

IF WE DIDN’T HAVE PREFERENCES (LIKES AND DISLIKES), WOULDN’T LIFE BE BORING? DO WE BECOME SO NEUTRAL TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DON’T CARE?

Actually, the feeling of boredom is generated by lower consciousness. Once you’re in higher conscious state, you can never be bored because you’re in a state of contentment, joy and true happiness.

When we’re non-judgmental and have no preferences of likes and dislikes, we actually enjoy everything more because we are without prejudices. The mind becomes more flexible, and our motivation comes from kindness and compassion. As the result, we become more caring and have empathy for everyone.

However, we do abstain from doing harm to ourselves and to others (mentally and physically).

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